{"id":6046,"date":"2018-03-23T07:38:44","date_gmt":"2018-03-23T14:38:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.poetry-chaikhana.com\/blog\/?p=6046"},"modified":"2018-03-23T07:38:44","modified_gmt":"2018-03-23T14:38:44","slug":"dorothy-walters-after-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.poetry-chaikhana.com\/blog\/2018\/03\/23\/dorothy-walters-after-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Dorothy Walters – After"},"content":{"rendered":"

After
\nby Dorothy Walters<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

There is one thing certain.
\nOnce you have stood
\nin the midst of that
\nsearing flame,
\nbeen struck down
\nto earth
\nlike a pilgrim
\nentered by light at last
\nand have lain there,
\nwaiting,
\nnot quite certain \u2014<\/p>\n

how can you ever know again
\nwhat it is
\nnot to be blinded by the light,
\nnever to have gone there
\nto the top of the snow hung peak
\nand felt that nameless something
\ndescend onto your shoulders,
\nyour breast,
\neven as you bent forward
\nin disbelief.<\/em><\/p>\n

<\/a> \u2014 from The Ley Lines of the Soul: Poems of Ecstasy and Ascension<\/a>, by Dorothy Walters<\/font><\/p>\n


\/ Image by JazzLoving Bastard<\/a> \/<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

Hold onto your doubt, if it serves you. Keep questioning even in the moment of your most radical transformation. <\/p>\n

Once you have stood
\nin the midst of that
\nsearing flame,
\nbeen struck down
\nto earth
\nlike a pilgrim
\nentered by light at last
\nand have lain there,
\nwaiting,
\nnot quite certain \u2014<\/i><\/p>\n

But don\u2019t think your disbelief can trump the reality you now see and know.<\/p>\n

how can you ever know again
\nwhat it is
\nnot to be blinded by the light\u2026<\/i><\/p>\n

It may not fit our world view, it may not fit our religion, and we know all too well our foolish failings, yet still there is this flood of light eager to burst forth within us and overturn all our rock-solid understanding.<\/p>\n

and felt that nameless something
\ndescend onto your shoulders,
\nyour breast,
\neven as you bent forward
\nin disbelief.<\/i><\/p>\n


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<\/a>Recommended Books: Dorothy Walters<\/font><\/b><\/p>\n\n

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<\/a><\/td>\n<\/a><\/td>\n<\/a><\/td>\n<\/a><\/td>\n<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Longing in Between: Sacred Poetry from Around the World (A Poetry Chaikhana Anthology)<\/a><\/small><\/td>\nMarrow of Flame : Poems of the Spiritual Journey<\/a><\/small><\/td>\nDiamond Cutters: Visionary Poets in America, Britain & Oceania<\/a><\/small><\/td>\nThe Ley Lines of the Soul: Poems of Ecstasy and Ascension<\/a><\/small><\/td>\nSome Kiss We Want: Poems Selected and New<\/a><\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
More Books >><\/a><\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

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\n<\/p>\n\n\n
\n\"Dorothy<\/a>\n<\/td>\n\nDorothy Walters<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

US (1928 \u2013 )
\nSecular or Eclectic<\/a><\/a>
\n<\/a><\/a><\/em>\n<\/td>\n

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Dorothy Walters, PHD, taught college level English and American literature as well as Women\u2019s Studies in various Midwestern universities for most of her professional life. In 1981, at age 53, she experienced spontaneous Kundalini awakening, with little or no prior knowledge or experience in such things as yoga or meditation. This event was the beginning of a long process, which led her through many subsequent episodes of ecstasy and pain as the energies sought to balance and integrate within. This ongoing process has continued in one form or another up to the present, and thus it has been the focus of her attention, in terms of both her own continuing experience and personal research on the Kundalini phenomenon. She had no external guru or teacher to guide her on this most intimate journey, but rather relied on her own inner guru plus a few printed texts.<\/p>\n

In 1988, she took an early retirement from teaching and moved to San Francisco, where she lived for the next twenty-one years. While there, she met Andrew Harvey, the renowned spiritual teacher, who encouraged her to write spiritual poetry. She has several volumes of mystical verse in publication, as well as a spiritual autobiography.<\/p>\n

In 2015, Dorothy Walters celebrated her 87th birthday, and she looks forward to many more. She continues to write mystical poetry and to help those who are experiencing Kundalini awakening. A lifelong lesbian, she is especially sympathetic to spiritual seekers within the LGBT community.<\/p>\n

Andrew Harvey has made recordings with Dorothy Walters available through his website, including a video interview and an audio recording of the two of them reading poems from Marrow of Flame.<\/p>\n

Dorothy Walters is firmly convinced that Kundalini is the engine that will take us to the next stage of human evolution, and knows from her own experience that anything can happen to anyone anywhere at any time.<\/p>\n

She now lives in Colorado at the foot of the Rocky Mountains.<\/p>\n

Dorothy Walters publishes her blog, Kundalini Splendor, at www.kundalinisplendor.blogspot.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Her e-mail address is dorothywalters72@gmail.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

More poetry by Dorothy Walters<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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